Lauren Jauregui Reveals Fifth Harmony Held Her Back Creatively...

"I had to shut down my creative side because we weren't really allowed to create."
- byBianca M

24 Aug
2017

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Camila Cabello made it pretty clear that she wasn't happy with the lack of freedom and creativity in Fifth Harmony, which ended up driving her out of the band... but she isn't the only one thinking that.

Lauren Jauregui has also admitted that she has felt unable to be as creative as she can be within the group.

Lauren said in an interview, "I had to shut down my creative side because we weren't really allowed to create. I was kind of in this cycle of just 'do.' I started to wake up and be like 'there's so much more to life.' I really broke out of that box and was like, 'I'm gonna do me, I'm gonna be me and will keep doing that.'"

After pushing out songs that were written by other people, the four girls are now more in control.

"The creative flow just kind of comes when you do that and on this album, all four of us were able to. We all went through a transformative moment where we got connected with ourselves and really woke up. We were like, 'Okay, we need to be happy. We need to sing.' We have a song called 'Bridges' on the album that alludes to everything [in the world] going on right now and how we feel about it. It's a really powerful message of positivity."